One NVSL and Four Team Records Fall, Another Record Tied

Gators kept breaking records on Saturday -- four fell, and another was tied.  The biggest record broken was that Cassidy Bayer set another NVSL mark in the first attempt she could. 

Kaila touches, and Mollie takes off.

 

Jessie dives in.  At the other end, it's a new

team record by 0.02 seconds.

The 9-10 boys smashed a not quite two year old relay record by 1.53 seconds, Cassidy lowered her own freestyle record, and the 13-14 girls relay just beat a less than year old record by 0.02 seconds.  Andrei Zaitsev swam the exact same backstroke time as he did a week earlier, so he tied his own week-old record.

Parker and Clarker celebrate.

 

Cassidy came back from USA Nationals, where she had a great meet, in order to swim for her hometown Gators.  Even after a grueling week of the nation's top swim meet, Cassidy had enough in her tank to knock off Janet Hu's 13-14 girls fly record of 28.70.  Cassidy swam a 28.34 in a team suit -- and, since this is her first meet as a 13-14 year old, she'll have plenty of chances to lower it in the next two seasons.

Cassidy sets another NVSL record.  Oh, and a Gator record.

The new records (research courtesy of Karen Stein)


Girls:
1.  13-14, Cassidy Bayer, 50M Free, 26.96, lowered her time trials (15 Jun) record time of 27.31.
2.  13-14, Cassidy Bayer, 50M Fly, 28.34.  Broke Sara Bertram's fly record from 7 Aug 10 of 30.19 and also broke the NVSL Record from 7/25/2009 held by Janet Hu with a time of 28.70. 

This is what an NVSL record looks like.

Oh, and it's also what most of David Orleans'

head looks like (no thinning there!).

3.  13-14, 100M Medley Relay, new time 1:03.03 Cassidy Bayer, Kaila Stein, Mollie Passacantando, Jessie Bricker.  Old record from 14 July 12 with time of 1:03.05 held by Torie Bogler, Sarah Jones, Anna Fracasso, Jessie Bricker.  Difference of .02.

Cassidy at the start of the relay record. 

(I know there are other pics of Cassidy, but

this is a really cool action photo of the start).

Boys:
1.  9-10, 100M Medley Relay, Andrei Zaitsev, Parker Blondin, Charlie Ruppe, Clark Bayer, time 1:13.71.  Old record  from 20 Jul 11, 1:15.24, held by Collin Sundsted, Sean Jansen, Cole Miller, Nicholas Dupuis.

Andrei has reason to yell -- he and Charlie,

along with Parker and Clark, broke a team record.

4. 9-10, Andrei Zaitsev, 50M Back, 38.90.  Tied his own record set last week, June 22.